P-51 Mustang Replica x4 - Cost to Own 

Where is the replica replica?

YES (answered by my friend)

Yes I want weapons!

Abolish the ATF and no issue. We should be able to own them anyways. Private citizens used to own warships lol

Only after market are available.

​@@gridtac2911 Yeah, but I think the FAA may have something to say LOL!

Holy Crap Jon. Thanks for all the AvGas. My next flight is on you Buddy. Very Very much appreciated 👍

@@CompleteWalkaround how long does the research take for this? What did you find out about the falconor(sp?) engine on the Thunder Mustang. I’ve lusted after a Thunder Mustang for a looong time. But I’ve heard many anecdotal stories about that motor that scary me away.

Research varies a lot. Some of these videos I can write off the top of my head. Others, like this one take a long time. Depends who/how many people I know have experience with the plane and how much info is available publicly. Things have gotten easier now that I have a bit of a following. Lots of viewers share their info thankfully. For the Falconer engines, here's how it boils down. They're a novelty act. They make extreme race engines. Which is fine, when you put them in your drag car or rocket boat. They're really low volume very unique engines. Thats great for some applications. The thing is, when your drag car breaks down in a race or your boat engine quits 1km off the coast of Miami no big deal. It's a wild man engine thats fun to tinker with and modify and get bananas performance out of and whatever else. Those characteristics don't translate well to aviation. When your airplane engine quits, you're having a really bad day. Quitting is the worse case scenario (maybe fire is worse I guess) but these sorts of engines also require work constantly. I read about overhauls being required in the 100 to 200 hour range. (hence the reserve cost). Again, for your race car, not a big deal. For your airplane, not ideal.

​​@@CompleteWalkaround I read that reply as in the way you speak in the videos, matched perfectly, and was delightful

Thank you for supporting this awesome creator. I'm no pilot, and don't plan to be, but I do love planes and these videos with his snarky sense of humor has me watching every upload!

I’d fly to Vegas in one. 😂

Agreed. By far I would say

Cub entered the room…

Yes Cub is a good example. I'm of the opinion that cub is more of a style of airplane at this point. Rather than 500 replicas of the E-2.

That's what I'm going with the Titan. As soon as the interest rates go down, pull the equity out of my house or just sell it

Estes has got your back with a variety of engine sizes!

I am and we do. Thanks. 👍

This is what I'm saying.

Ibis paint on iPad. I think it's meant for teenagers drawing anime but it works for planes.

Good question. Just a little searching, nemesis doesn't post a Vne or max speed at sea level but does claim a max cruise of 325 mph IAC. Thunder Mustang claims 75% cruise of 340 mph. Also max sea level speed of 390mph and a Vne of 590 mph. Maybe more to the story but preliminary check says TM is faster.

Someone tag him.

I'm not convinced that smaller things are less fun. Who has the most fun flying, the Cessna 150/152 aerobat pilot, the F-22 pilot or the A-380 pilot? I bet the two jets are both intellectually challenging from the point of view of managing the computers and mechanical systems they control, which is essentially the pilot's whole job. The Cessna is sure to be enormous fun, too, for people who like that kind of thing!

Yes, but they are very hard to find, and very expensive. I think one that is for sale currently that is 40% complete is 1.5 million.

@@ViperPilot16 hmm but how 70 years old engines is still working?

*are

@@bbrother92 Just because it's old doesn't mean it won't work. A whole lot of restoration work, and elbow grese.

@@ViperPilot16 so it's real case - old engines are flyeble

Done

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